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Marine Weather and Tides Garden City, SC Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 6:32AM

Sunset 8:10PM

Saturday August 8, 2020 4:50 AM EDT (08:50 UTC)

Moonrise 10:14PM

Moonset 10:02AM

Illumination 81%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Garden City, SC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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FXUS62 KILM 080701 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 301 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2020

SYNOPSIS. High pressure offshore and a weak trough of low pressure inland will maintain warm and humid conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms through most of next week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/. The mid level trough that has been a feature on weather maps for the past few days will weaken today and dissipate by Sunday. The humid and unstable airmass will remain, and forecast CAPE values are 2500 to 3000 J/kg both today and Sunday. Despite almost nonexistent synoptic forcing, the seabreeze and subsequent outflow boundaries are expected to develop scattered showers and thunderstorms both days. Today's storms are expected to develop in the coastal Cape Fear region around noon, spreading westward throughout the afternoon. Much like yesterday, lack of shear should limit organization but large instability may still allow individual cells to pulse strongly. Highs should range from 85-90, coolest on the beaches.

Inland convection should dissipate during the evening, but should redevelop offshore overnight. Sunday will be largely similar today but with slightly drier air aloft. This should result in a little less convective coverage and slightly warmer temperatures.

SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/. Mundane weather pattern in place Sunday night through Monday night, with zonal flow aloft and Bermuda high pressure to the east. Plenty of moisture and instability for scattered afternoon convection Monday. Highs Monday around 90, with heat indices around 100 degrees, and lows Sunday and Monday night in the low 70s.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/. More of the same summer weather in the long term, with warm and humid conditions and afternoon to evening convection. Zonal pattern aloft Tuesday becomes more southerly Wednesday through end of the week as an upper ridge builds to the southeast. This will allow increased moisture to advect in from the south end of the week, elevating PW values to 2+ inches and increasing chances of scattered convection with moderate rain rates in the afternoon and evening Wednesday through Friday. Near normal highs continue, with low to mid 70 dewpoints maintaining elevated humidity, and lows each night in the low 70s.

AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Diminishing showers along the coast at 06Z could rejuvenate into more active convection before daybreak, but models suggest the bulk of it will remain offshore. I'm most concerned about the KILM airport where there's probably a 20 percent chance of active convection redeveloping before daybreak. Elsewhere VFR conditions should dominate, except at KFLO where low ceilings should develop after the cirrus clouds clear out around 09Z. Flight category should improve to VFR by 13Z, with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms expected to be most prevalent into the KILM vicinity after 17Z.

Extended Outlook . Weak troughing inland will result in isolated thunderstorms over the weekend into early next week, although coverage will be isolated to scattered. Any storms could bring brief IFR conditions in low visibility.

MARINE. Through Sunday..

Light south to southwest winds will continue through the weekend between high pressure well offshore and a weakening low pressure trough across the inland Carolinas. Outside of thunderstorms winds should average 10 knots or less with seas around 2 feet in a southeast swell. Ongoing thunderstorm activity early this morning should fade away by 10 AM. Inland thunderstorms this afternoon should mainly remain inland with little impacts on the coastal waters. Models indicate additional showers and thunderstorms developing late tonight and lasting into Sunday morning.

Sunday Night through Wednesday..

Outside of scattered thunderstorm chances each day and night, benign marine conditions continue Sunday night through Wednesday. S-SW winds 5-10 kts persist with Bermuda high offshore and weak pressure gradient over the area. Seas 1-2 ft through mid-week, combination of 1 ft 10 s SE swell and weak 1 ft S wind wave.

ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. SC . None. NC . None. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . TRA SHORT TERM . VAO LONG TERM . VAO AVIATION . TRA MARINE . TRA/VAO

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
MROS1 - 8661070 - Springmaid Pier, SC	7 mi	51 min		75°F
NIWS1 - North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC	19 mi	66 min	SSE 2.9	77°F			1019 hPa	75°F
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	33 mi	43 min	WNW 5.8 G 7.8	79°F	82°F		1019.2 hPa
41119	33 mi	34 min			82°F	1 ft

Wind History for Springmaid Pier, SC

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Myrtle Beach International Airport, SC	8 mi	55 min	N 0	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	74°F	73°F	100%	1019.5 hPa
Conway Horry County Airport, SC	18 mi	56 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Fair	70°F	69°F	100%	1019.6 hPa
North Myrtle Beach Grand Strand Airport, SC	22 mi	58 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Fair	74°F	72°F	94%	1019.2 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KMYR

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Tide / Current Tables for Garden City Pier (ocean), South Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for Oaks Creek, upper end, South Carolina

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (4,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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